[luckylion]

> By being angry in the here and now we inevitably hurt structures and people that have done nothing wrong and efforts to direct that energy back towards the violators often do the same to whatever distant place they live in.

How do we hurt "structures and people" that have done nothing wrong by, for example, being angry at Oberlin's administrators in the here and now?

> I think it's important to note that the biases Oberlin showed are something we can all do if we're not careful.

We can all do any number of things, but to be this committed to knowingly being wrong out of tribalist ideology, that's not that common.

[TMWNN]

By "To take a step back when the news makes us angry or sad, when we hear about someone far away violating principles we hold dear", justaguyonline is referring to Trump. Presumably, were Trump a resident of Oberlin, justaguyonline would say that any number of acts against the bad person are justified because he's living locally, not far away.